Family Focused Health Assessment L. L. Grand Canyon University August 11‚ 2013 Family Focused Health Assessment As the society we live in continues to transform‚ nurses need a comprehensive tool to assess family’s health patterns. Family units are influenced by environment‚ biological‚ mental‚ social and spiritual factors. Assessing these areas for health promotion and disease prevention will take all of these influences into consideration (Edelman & Mandle‚ 2010). A priority to
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the perceptions of risk are. These concepts will then be applied to my personal experiences of risk during a typical kayaking exercise. This essay will also study the ideas of perceived risk and actual risk and their applications to the public services sector‚ more specifically the police. While studying the areas of perceived risk and actual risk in the police the essay will focus mainly on the importance of risk assessment and risk management in the work place. Risk is a concept that we face
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Heritage Assessment Cultural heritage plays a big role in the economic‚ social and health promotion of the individual. The use of heritage assessment tools helps healthcare providers evaluate and look at someone’s heritage‚ as well as traditional health methods used to maintain health‚ protect health‚ and restore health; by applying these concepts it helps healthcare professionals deal with a person’s physical‚ mental‚ and spiritual beliefs. Different cultures have different values and beliefs
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Family Assessment Susan Gerold-Terraza Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V May 12‚ 2013 Family Assessment Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method developed by Marjory Gordon‚ a nursing theorist and professor. The functional health patterns are to be used during the nursing process to obtain a more comprehensive assessment. There are 11 functional health patterns to in place to create a comprehensive assessment. The functional health patterns are values and health perception and
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment The geriatric assessment is a multidimensional‚ multidisciplinary diagnostic instrument designed to collect data on the medical‚ psychosocial and functional capabilities and limitations of elderly patients. Various geriatric practitioners use the information generated to develop treatment and long-term follow-up plans‚ arrange for primary care and rehabilitative services‚ organize and facilitate the intricate process of case management‚ determine long-term care
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Heritage Assessment Introduction Over the past 20 years a significant social movement in America has amplified public awareness toward the promotion of health and disease prevention‚ known as Healthy People 2000 and 2010. It has been beneficial in changing the focus of health care from a reactive standpoint to a proactive one‚ which endorses national health and prevention of disease (Edelmam & Mandle‚ 2010). However delivery of health care objectives is not enough. Health providers must recognize
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Heritage Assessment Culture is a pattern of behavior and values shared by an ethnic group. Cultural heritage is a set of traditions within the culture that is hand down from the older generation to the younger generation within the family. These traditions influence the family’s decisions in relation to their diet‚ education‚ daily living activities‚ religious beliefs and practices and also health and illness beliefs. In this paper‚ the author will focus on the usefulness of applying a heritage
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Employment Rights and Responsibilities Outcome 1 1.1- Payment Holiday entitlement Contract agreement Minimum wage Hours worked Discrimination Health and safety Redundancy and dismissal Training Disciplinary procedures Union rights and consultation‚ etc. These apply to all Work environments. . Labour law covers the deal between employee and employer. Health and safety laws cover the work conditions‚ and minimum wage and other laws set the basic compensation rate. 1.2- Equality Act 2010 – The Equality
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Engage in Personal Development in Health and Social Care 1. Research two different reflective models. Examples are Gibbs‚ Kolb and Christopher Johns. Briefly describe and compare them. I looked at all three reflective models and chose to describe Johns and Kolb. The Johns model is very in-depth and seems to target a wider area of thought and contemplation. It would also be a good tool to discuss with another more senior member of staff‚ who would have their own emotional response to each situation
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The Freedom Rides What the Freedom Rites were all about? Inspired by the Freedom Rides of the United States in 1961‚ a group of 29 students from the University of Sydney undertook a bus trip to a number of towns in New South Wales from 12 to 26 February 1965. The purpose of the trip was to investigate race relations in country towns and living conditions for Aboriginal people on reserves and in the towns. This bus trip became known as the Freedom Ride. What took place on the Freedom
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